Bake Off winner Sophie Faldo says she’ll never be able to afford her own home

Chef: Sophie Faldo was the winner of TV show, the Great British Bake Off, in 2017 Sophie Faldo, winner of Great British Bake Off in 2017, expects that she will never earn enough to be able to buy her own home.   The 35-year-old former soldier, who served in Afghanistan in her 20s, currently rents a … Read more

Pension pots locked as financial advisers can’t afford insurance

Final salary pension pots locked as financial advisers can’t afford rising insurance costs By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 18 February 2020 | Updated: 15:53 BST, 19 February 2020 Savers face being locked out of their pension pots due to the rising costs of financial advice insurance. Workers can only access … Read more

HAMISH McRAE: Yes, Chancellor Rishi Sunak CAN afford all these bailout billions

For ten years, we were told there was no magic money tree. But austerity is over.  In war, everything is different – and what we are witnessing is a classic case of war financing by the Government.  The Chancellor Rishi Sunak is putting no limit on what he spends both to combat the coronavirus pandemic … Read more

Sunak ‘can’t afford big giveaways’ 

Sunak ‘can’t afford big giveaways’ By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 Rishni Sunak could have little room for major tax giveaways in this week’s Budget, according to a group of influential economic analysts. The ITEM Club forecast a surplus of just £5billion … Read more